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Artist/Medium: Barbara Barran, president and designer of Classic Rug Collection, Inc. of New York, specializes in high-end custom rugs including the Luxe Collection, a series of rugs featuring Eastern-inspired designs and the Ottoman Collection, a series with inspiration from Turkish Iznik tile designs. Both collections include pure silk rugs of 300 knots per square inch and 150 knot pashmina and silk rugs. Additionally, the Ottoman Collection includes nettle, hemp and wool rugs of various knot counts. All are handmade in Nepal by a Rug Mark-approved factory (child labor free). All of the rugs can be rendered in any of the fibers that Barran has used, as well as in custom sizes and colors and personalized to suit individual installations. Valerie Brown is a Fine Art Photographer from DC with a marvelous eye and a creative use for her wonderful images. Her photographs explore the colors of nature, capturing its subtle yet dramatic beauty. Some of her images are taken apart and reassembled to create texture and variation. Making use of the original photographs, Valerie also produces FLASHBAGS. These tote bags start with Ms. Brown’s color photos on regular paper, then they are laminated and strengthened with layers of recycled newsprint. Images cover every panel of the bag inside and out and each panel is embroidered with colorful swoops and swirls that compliment the composition of each image. The images are all Valerie; the bags are designed and produced in Burlington, Vermont to be totally GREEN. Cynthia Goldner of Makin’ Time Computer Clocks in Maryland, with co-originator, Carol Baum from Colorado, is part of a team that creates individually handcrafted timepieces. Many of these one-of-a-kind clocks incorporate a hard drive platter as the clock face on a background of an embellished circuit board. Other models are crafted from CDs, floppy disks, drive housings, video laser disks or main frame disk platters. Each clock offers an original view of our rapidly changing technology, preserving it as functional art rather than landfill. In addition to their functionality, artistic appearance and element of fun, they help contribute to the overall recycling effort by using obsolete, discarded or surplus computer components.  Elizabeth Langsfeld of Mad Hatter Ceramics hand-builds functional stoneware pottery: mugs, bowls, plates, vases, pendants, shakers, teapots, cups and then some. Ms. Langsfeld lives in Maryland and teaches ceramics in Alexandria where she manipulates her clay using stoneware techniques for slabs, coils and extrusions to create whimsical forms that can be used in everyday life. Her stoneware pieces are fired to cone 6 and can be used in the microwave and dishwasher. All of her glazes are tested in a laboratory and are food safe. Her sense of color, texture and design combine for wonderful creative clay wares. Melinda Roth, of Heart’s Desire Jewelry in nearby Annandale, manipulates wire, semi-precious stones, pearls and beads into her wonderful necklaces, earrings, bracelets, badge holders, eyeglass chains and bookmarks. She creates unique beaded jewelry that is both timely and timeless using high-quality semi-precious stones and metals for every day and special occasions. The resulting pieces are varied and unique in color and texture, adding a touch of embellishment to our lives.  Sondra Sardis comes to us from Highland, NY with her wonderful wearable fiber designs. Her pieces make use of a varied color palette and textural choices that combine attractively with form, design and function. These garments, jackets, skirts and blouses please the senses, flatter the body and are a joy to wear. The person who is clothed in her unique creations embodies a personal statement all their own.  Nancy Wasserman, originator of Glitzy Glass, finds art as a clear outlet for her thoughts, visions and dreams. Nancy has a long history in the arts, first as a potter and as a gallery owner. She states, “Recently I refocused my energy, becoming dedicated to the fire and passion of glass... each piece of my work is a ‘painting’ in glass… as opposed to merely a piece of jewelry.” She uses a multitude of techniques to achieve her images, even using green technologies by recycling “blowers” glass into her work. With an eye for texture and color and incorporating dichroic* glass, each piece is one-of-a-kind jewelry, Judaica or art. *Dichroic glass reflects the light on its surface causing the glint of two distinct colors and is a byproduct of the space mission. Precious metals are fused onto the surface and coated on windows of spaceships. Judy Wengrovitz is known nationally for her vibrant use of watercolor and locally for her extensive teaching credentials. In fact, she teaches “Awash With Watercolor,” ongoing studio classes at the JCCNV. Currently she is applying her vast repertoire of watercolor techniques to painting miniatures. These small, perfect images can be very complex at times and often are done on location or what is called in the field “plein air”. Their small size enables her to transport supplies easily and to set up comfortably anywhere that the image, or view, peaks her creative interest. These petite-framed detailed paintings are easy to display and provide great pleasure. For years, Sy Wengrovitz has worked in wood, producing furniture, carving faces in tree limbs and carving carousel horses, Klezmer musicians and now, for this exhibit, clothing. His father was a “sample maker” in the fashion industry and now, Sy feels he has inherited the ability to visualize how a garment is constructed. He states, “I find that carving folds in wood, ‘draping’ wood to look like folded cloth and creating details such as button holes, belts, buckles, laces and zippers is a fascinating challenge.” As a sculptor, he is also following a long tradition of making use of “trompe l'oeil” a technique to “fool the eye” by using an unexpected material to create a realistic image. Mr. Wengrovitz does so with great skill and with more than a touch of whimsy. Yehuda Zadok comes to us from Israel with his exquisite fine jewelry. Working mainly in high karat gold and silver with precious and semi-precious stones and pearls, his geometric designs are simple, yet elegant. Zadok works primarily by hand, designing and manipulating the surface of the metals to create unique pieces that are sensual, beautiful to look at and easy to wear. By adding the sparkle and color of the gems or pearls, the contrasting elements add texture and interest to his pieces. |
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